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Philadelphia, PA -- The Pennsylvania Turnpikes $7
million construction project to expand the Quakertown Interchange
(Exit #32), located on the Northeast Extension (I 476), will be
complete as of Monday, October 27, 1997.

The new interchange with all new lighting will offer motorists
a total of eight lanes (three entry, four exit and one
bi-directional). The original Quakertown Interchange, built in
the mid 1950s featured four lanes (two entry and two exit).

Turnpike Executive Director John T. Durbin said, "the
area surrounding the Quakertown Interchange has grown rapidly.
The additional lanes should greatly enhance traffic flow through
the interchange." Turnpike records show that well over
twelve thousand vehicles per day pass through the Quakertown
Interchange.

Turnpike Engineer Bernard T. Bydlon, P.E. added,
"Expansion of the Quakertown Interchange is part of the
Turnpikes priority programming to update the Northeast
Extensions facilities and resurface sections of the
roadway." Earlier this year, contractors completed the $11.8
million construction project at the Lansdale Interchange (Exit
#31), doubling the interchanges original size. "Our
next project is the expansion of the Lehigh Valley Interchange
(Exit #33). Construction is slated to begin in the spring
(1998)," Bydlon concluded.